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Avid breast cancer on bone scan

Case contributed by Brendon Friesen
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

History withheld

Patient Data

Age: 55
Gender: Female
Nuclear medicine

Multifocal increased uptake thoracic, lumbar, sacral spine, bilateral multiple ribs, pelvis.

Increased uptake left breast on blood pool.

Case Discussion

Left breast carcinoma (pathologically proven) demonstrating blood pool uptake on bone scan.

Diffuse skeletal metastases.

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